Joseph of Arimathea from a Deposition Group

Unknown

ca. 1125–50 · Copper alloy, gilt · Medieval Art

This group probably originates from a reliquary chasse or altarpiece. The English attribution is based upon comparisons with excavated metalwork and manuscript illuminations. Most English metalwork was melted down as a result of the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 and the rise of Puritanism in the 1600s.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1125–50

Medium

Copper alloy, gilt

Culture

British (?)

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917